1844.

THOMAS G. PRATT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

CHAP. 236.

leges, which arc possessed and enjoyed by collectors, ap-
pointed under the original act or any of its supplements,
together with those, which are hereinafter conferred upon
them.

Governor
not restricted.

Sec 2. And be it enacted, That in making the said
appointments, the Governor shall not be restricted to any
particular county, district or city, but shall be at liberty
to appoint a collector or collectors for any county, district
or city, from such county, district or city, or from any
other part of this State.

Collectors fail
or refuse to
bond, others to
be appointed.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if the collector or
collector-; appointed by the Governor under and by virtue
of this act, shall fail or refuse to qualify by giving bend
within thirty days after their appointment, it shall and
may be lawful for the Governor to appoint others in
their places, and so from time to time after every interval
of thirty days until duly qualified, collectors shall be ap-
pointed throughout the State, and the same power shall
and may be exercised by the Governor annually, whenever
and as often as the levy courts, commissioners of the tax
and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall neglect
or be unable to procure duly qualified collectors by the
first day of May, in each and every year.

Distress or
execution for
taxes.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That whenever and as often
as any collector of the taxes levied for the use of this
State, shall find it necessary to proceed by way of dis-
tress or execution to collect taxes now due or to become
due, he shall first leave with the party by whom the said
taxes are to be paid or at his usual place of abode, a state-
ment showing the aggregate amount of the property of
every description, with which such person is assessed,
and the amount of taxes due thereupon, with a notice to
the said statement annexed, that unless the taxes so due
are paid within thirty days thereafter, the said collector
will proceed by way of distress or execution to collect the
same.

Collectors au-
thorised to le-
vy upon real
or personal
property.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That after the proceedings
required by the preceding section shall have been had, if
the said taxes are not then paid, the said collectors are
hereby authorised and required to levy upon either the
real or personal property of the delinquent, and expose
the same to public sale, either on the premises or at the
Court House door of the county, district or city, as the

Give twenty
days notice.

case may be, after giving twenty days notice of the time
and place of sale by advertisement in at least one news-
paper in the county, district, or city, where a newspaper
is published, and also by notice stuck up at the Court
House door, and in case no newspaper is printed in the